SIGHTSEEING 😍 Florence: City tour, Cooking Class in Florence, Full day excursion to Siena and San Gimignano Tour with Wine Tasting in a Winery, Visit San Miniato for truffle hunting & tasting, Day excursion to Greve, Castellina, Montalcino, Montepulciano
Welcome to Italy! On arrival at the Florence airport you will clear immigration and collect your bags. You will be met by our representative at the airport he will transfer by private car from Florence airport to hotel. Check in the hotel (early check in not guaranteed). Rest of the day is free for you to explore the place on your own. Overnight at a hotel in Florence. Meals: None
Breakfast at the hotel. Discover the beauties of Florence with a fantastic Full Day Sightseeing Tour including the Accademia and Uffizi Galleries (on Mondays they will be replaced by other Museums). Drive along the romantic Viale dei Colli up to Piazzale Michelangelo: a stop to admire the wonderful panorama of the city. The tour will proceed by coach through the old city centre. Then a walking guided outdoor visit of the Duomo complex: the Baptistery and a visit to the Cathedral with the Cupola of Brunelleschi and Giotto's bell tower. A short walk through the heart of Florence brings you to the renowned Galleria dell'Accademia where you can admire among the others, the famous David by Michelangelo. After the visit you will have some free time to have lunch. The afternoon tour starts at 14:15 at Piazzale Montelungo (Montelungo Square), in front of the yellow street sign Caf Tour (same point as for the morning tour). This will offer panoramic views of the unparalleled beauty of Florence, taking in Fiesole, a delightful town of Etruscan origin set on the hills overlooking Florence and the Arno Valley.The tour continues to the old city centre for a visit to the Franciscan Church of Santa Croce (exterior). A short walk brings you to the famous Piazza Signoria, with the imposing Palazzo Vecchio (exterior) and the beautiful Loggia dei Lanzi. The tour continues with a guided tour of the famous Galleria degli Uffizi where you can admire the paintings of Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raffaello, Giotto. The tour ends inside the museum. Overnight in Florence. Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy a cooking class in Florence: On this course you can learn to make your own real fresh pasta following ancient Italian traditions using flour, eggs and other ingredients. Under the expert guidance of a chef, you will learn how to make pasta, using both a rolling pin and a pasta machine. You will make three different types of pasta with three different sauces and a typical Italian dessert. The course will be followed by lunch with the dishes you have prepared, accompanied by a good Tuscan wine and a fun and friendly atmosphere. The cooking class will last about 3 hours 15 mins, and the lunch with dishes prepared during the course is about an hour. Overnight in Florence. Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Breakfast at the hotel. You will be transferred to Siena, San Gimignano and Greve in Chianti on board a Grand Tour Coach. Take advantage of Siena, San Gimignano and Chianti landscapes round trip by bus and explore these marvellous towns on your own. You will enjoy the time sitting at the cafe in Piazza del Campo, the famous square or walking through the narrow streets. You will enjoy the time seeing the wonderful monuments this town has to offer. In the afternoon you will get to San Gimignano and you will have free time to relax or to go shopping. In the evening, crossing gently the Chianti rolling hills, you will arrive at a small and typical Winery where, after a short walk in the ancient vineyards, you will visit the suggestive barrique room and taste 4 fantastic wines, sampling also locally produced zero food miles. Finally, you will stop in the picturesque village of Greve in Chianti for some free time before returning to Florence. Overnight in Florence. Meals: Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel.Departure to San Miniato area for truffle hunting and tasting. This tour will allow you to understand the true quality of truffles and the differences from the "false" chemical ones which are usually on the market. After walking in the woods, have lunch at a restaurant with fresh truffle dishes. After the tour you will return back to the hotel. Overnight in Florence. Meals: Breakfast
Breakfast at the hotel. Limited to a maximum of eight participants, the tour combines some of Tuscany's most beautiful towns with lunch and tastings of some of Tuscany's best wines. Enter the heart of real Tuscany with medieval villages of incomparable charm, an ancient farming tradition that produces wine, cheese, cold cuts and excellent meat renowned and appreciated all over the world. Through the hill expanses of the old vineyards and olive groves, which characterise the splendid Chianti territory we reach Greve where you will enjoy the charm of its historic square flanked by open galleries and wander around the characteristic shops with their local handicrafts and typical Chianti products. Continue with a stop in Castellina, where we visit a suggestive and historical cellar. Just outside the village, in one of the most famous vineyards of the area, you will be guided through a tasting of different Chianti wines with extra virgin olive oil on Tuscan bread, 'vin santo' with 'cantuccini' locally produced and lavender honey. Proceeding along a panoramic road, we will reach the Crete Senesi, an unmistakable clay landscape. Continuing we reach an area that contrasts incredibly with the Crete territory, the green Val D'Orcia. Here, in a historic farm, you will be served a guided lunch tasting of the renowned Rosso di Montalcino, Brunello and Supertuscan wines and a large selection of typical products of the territory and a delicious homemade fruit pie. All this is followed by a visit to the cellars.The next destinations are Montalcino and Motepulciano, famous as being home to the most famous Tuscan wines and as two Tuscan jewels. Overnight in Florence. Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Breakfast at the hotel. Check out of the hotel &Transfer by private car to Florence airport.
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